Selected by Minnesota Fighting Saints in World Hockey Association General Player Draft, February 12, 1972.

Traded by Detroit to Pittsburgh Penguins for third-round choice (Nelson Pyatt) in 1973 amateur draft and cash, February 25, 1973.

WHA rights traded by Minnesota to Indianapolis Racers for future considerations, July 1974.

ACCOLADES:

Named to Eastern Hockey League (North) All-Star Second Team, 1965-66.

Named to American Hockey League All-Star First Team, 1970-71.

RECORDS:

Set National Hockey League single-season record (since broken) for penalty minutes by a goaltender (60), 1973-74.

INJURIES:

Suffered ankle injury, December 15, 1973. The injury did not occur in game action.

Pulled back muscle; missed part of season, 1975-76.

Had spinal surgery; missed most of season, 1976-77.

NHL PENALTY SHOTS:

DATE

SHOOTER

GOAL?

NOTES

03/05/1974

Ralph Stewart

N

MISCELLANEOUS:

On March 30, 1974, Andy was ejected from the Penguins' 4-3 loss in St. Louis. With 5:11 left in the game, Brown was given a penalty for holding Blues forward Ace Bailey, and was then given a misconduct penalty plus a game misconduct for pushing referee Ron Wicks. Brown was finally restrained by his teammates, and the goaltender finally settled for giving obscene gestures to Wicks and to the booing St. Louis crowd. Gary Inness finished the game for Pittsburgh.

DID YOU KNOW?

Andy's father, Adam Brown, played ten National Hockey League seasons as a left wing, with Detroit, Chicago and Boston.

On April 7, 1974, in a 6-3 loss to the Atlanta Flames, Andy became the final National Hockey League goaltender to play without a facemask, and continued to play without a mask through his World Hockey Association career.

Game logs have been compiled using the best information that I can find; for a detailed list of known concerns, please click here. I am always looking for assistance in making these more accurate, and welcome your help. For the 1983-84 season and prior, one of my key sources was the Hockey Summary Project, a tremendous resource and one of the best data collections on the Internet. In return, I have attempted to make these data better where possible.